Kurashev, Askarov play hero as Sharks earn shootout win over Los Angeles

Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News on Nov 21, 2025

Published in Hockey

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Forward Philipp Kurashev scored on his shootout attempt, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov didn’t allow a goal at the other end as the San Jose Sharks earned a raucous 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday at SAP Center.

The Sharks are now 10-4-1 since Oct. 23.

With the Sharks leading and scrambling late in regulation time, Adrian Kempe picked up a rebound in front of the San Jose net after a Kevin Fiala shot on goal and scored his seventh of the season at the 19:01 mark to tie the game 3-3.

Kurashev’s go-ahead goal late in the second period gave the Sharks a 3-2 lead.

Setting up near the slot, Kurashev created some space for himself, took a pass from Will Smith, and beat Kings goalie Anton Forsberg five-hole for his sixth goal of the season.

Adam Gaudette and Ty Dellandrea also scored, and Askarov made 31 saves through three periods and overtime in another solid performance as the Sharks won the sixth time in eight games.

Anze Kopitar, in his last regular-season game in San Jose after a 20-year NHL career, scored on a breakaway on Askarov 1:47 into the second period.

At the 11:46 mark of the second period, a Joel Armia goal was taken off the board, as, after a Sharks challenge, it was determined Kings forward Kevin Fiala had preceded the puck into the offensive zone.

The Sharks were coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday, as Macklin Celebrini recorded his third career NHL hat trick.

Still, the Sharks did not play well, especially 5-on-5, as their lack of connectivity defensively allowed the Mammoth to create almost twice as many high-danger chances as they did, per Natural Stat Trick.

Thursday, the Sharks’ recently formed third line of Collin Graf, Gaudette, and Dellandrea helped give the Sharks a 2-1 lead after the first period.

Gaudette scored his fourth of the season at the 2:33 mark off assists from Dellandrea and Graf.

Then, after Joel Armia scored a shorthanded goal off a Celebrini turnover at the 16:04 mark, Dellandrea gave the Sharks back the lead as a Graf pass to the front of the net went off his skate and past Forsberg for his second of the season.

The goals represented Graf’s first two-assist game in the NHL, and Dellandrea’s first two-point game as a Sharks. The Sharks acquired Dellandrea from the Dallas Stars in June 2024.